Person Centered Planning

This webcast was given for Area Agencies on Aging throughout the country. The text transcript, presentations, agenda, and link to the archived webcast are available.

These stories, from Arkansas, Florida & New Jersey, are based on in-depth interviews with Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE) clients, their families and caregivers, and program consultants. The research team developed a User's Guide to help the user navigate through the Reports easily and find information quickly and effectively. In addition, a detailed key word index exists for each Report to help the user locate specific information.

This assessment is designed to help participants identify any barriers that prevent them from accessing or moving about their primary residence. The assessment aids in the development of goals related to their ability to perform their Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.

Two presentations are included here: "It is so Ordered: Modernizing Michigan Medicaid Long Term Care" and "Principles and Practices of Person-Centered Planning: Detroit Area Agency on Aging".

This Organizational Readiness Structure was developed for the Self Determination in Long Term Care program. It includes staff, workforce, participant, and quality components.

Contained here are materials used for the readiness review of the fiscal intermediary for Michigan's Self-Determination in Long-Term Care program. There is an Overview of the Readiness Review Protocol, the Readiness Review form, an Interview Protocol, and an Appendix for additional information.

This report showcases the findings of qualitative research that was conducted in Arkansas. The objectives of the research included: providing and overview of CCDE, identifying ways to increase referrals to the IndependentChoices program, and identifying professionals to act as ambassadors to the project. Research and findings are identified and discussed.

Presented at the Gerontological Society of America's 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, this presentation includes detailed stories of consumers' experiences with the cash option.

Arkansas developed this template for the development of spending plans by the participant. The plan allows for the calculation of worker hours as well as discretionary cash, transportation, assistive equipment and more.

Based primarily on interviews with demonstration staff and other stakeholders, this paper draws lessons from their learning process on the design of basic features, in the Cash and Counseling demonstration programs. The lessons pertain to cooperating with existing service providers; outreach and enrollment; counseling and fiscal services; consumer spending plans and allowances; controlling program costs; and preventing misuse of the allowance and exploitation of the consumer.